In a few days, I will be making my very first scuba(did you know that SCUBA stands for “Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus”?) diving trip at Dayang, Malaysia.

After that seemingly innocuous, semi-nonchalant announcement, I’m sure some of you might expect me to be hollering at the top of my (virtual) lungs in excitement and joy, but the truth is…I am beyond such prominent social displays of enthusiasm. With today’s social media stream bombarding the masses, my contribution to the “look at me!!!” sea would be hardly registered as a drop.

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I have, once again, experienced that power of work to segregate and compartmentalized my life.

Work says:
You shall only have enough time at night for one activity.
And only at the whim of the boss.

You will have time for more activities on the weekends,
But only two because you will oversleep from exhaustion.

You will engage in social interaction,
For many purposes.

You will try to have fun,
Well, try!

I was merrily (and rather stone-faced) making my way back home on the MRT when 2 well-dressed fellows accosted me. As you might expect from one who daydreams a lot while commuting any interceptions/interruptions is usually not taken kindly. However, this time a somewhat strange conversation (edited) ensued :

Accoster: Hi, I’m _____ and this is_____ . Is it ok if I ask you some questions?
Me(With all the enthusiasm of one who has just had his merry train of thought de-railed): Oh..ok.(People asking for directions perhaps?)
Accoster: We were just walking by when we noticed you…Are you interested in doing advertisements for Compaq and Acer computers?
Me: (They can tell that I’m a designer by looking at my face? Wow, the pink shirt I’m wearing must really be effective) Sure..what do I have to do exactly?
Accoster: Here, let’s exchange contacts. You can come for an audition and..
Me: Hold on a sec. What do I do again?
Accoster: Oh we’ll take some pictures of you and use your face on Compaq and Acer advertisements.
Me: (agog) ….?!

An interesting sidenote: The other guy who didn’t speak much was staring at me with such intensity that I actually feared he might be applying a Jedi mind trick on me. He also asked me a curious question about my horoscope.

Go figure

The highly anticipated games day occured right after a night long bout of Diablo II (Median mod XL). While I expected the Wii to dominate as the center of attraction due to my friend’s the recent purchase of the systems, I was still excited to show off various new board games that I have purchased over the past few months.

Packing and hauling the board games over was a challenge in itself that demanded an extra pair of hands (Thanks to Suqin) and some careful forethought into which sections of my collection I should bring. Hmmmm, on second thought, maybe I’ll just bring them all!

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